River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-02
NoRrHwEsrEKN NEWS.

Fergus Falls dispatch May p. A
brutal murder occurred this morning in the
town OF st. Olaf near Ashby. Lille Field, a
young lady seventeen years old, was found
in hog pen with her throat cut aud an in
cisiOn running lengthwise of her body dis
embOweling her. 1t is supposed she was
murdered by a scandinavian hired man, as
she was left alone with him aud her little
brother early in the morning. The man Is
missing. He took with him Mr.. Fields shot
gun. The body was found in the pen COW
cred with brush, in the hope, 1t Is surlnised
that the pigs would devour it. A posse of
men are securing the country for the muir
derer. but as yet nothing has been heard
from them. The mans name is Nels Olson
HulOng, and he is described as thirty years
old weight 100 pounds, five feet five inchesin
height. slightly built, smooth face. light
brown hair, straw hat and dark clothes.
His parents live near DEBORAH, Iowa.
Company d., of the Minnesota mil
itia returns TO st. Paul, having achieved
the honor of taking the second prize at the
National drill at Washington, an honor re-
fiecting individual and general credit that
is appreciated. Gen. Sheridan announced
the infantry prizes as follows: First, LomaX
Rifles. Mobile, Ala, 5000; second, Com
ID. First Minnesota, $500; third, Belknap
rifles, of Texas, $500; fourth, National RI
fies, of Washington, $1,000; fifth,
San Antonio rifles, 500. Congressman
Macdonald sent the following telegram 10
st. Paul Monday evening: Minnesota has
again been hOnored by her soldier bows.
Company ID has taken second prize on a
hard contest with the crack companies of
the nation. St. Paul should be proud and
accord them fitting reception.
j. l.. MACDONALD.
A NeIllsville, Wis, telegram says
Daniel Allen, convicted of the murder of
Henry Wright and awaiting sentence, es-
capped from Jail Friday nights Next morn
ing the Jail door was found unlocked and
the prisoner gone and there is no clue to
the direction he took. He had been allowed
the greatest liberty, the sheriff repeatedly
sending him to drive COW to pasture,
mile from town, unaccompanied. II is
claimed he was furnished a razor, with
which he shaved himself the evening before
he escaped, as he has for years worn a
heavy beard his most intimate acquaint-
ances could hardly recognize him.
Charles johnson, a farmer living
near st. Cloud, Mimi, went into town
Wednesday to get money to pay off his two
hired men, who wanted to quit. Going
back home, he met the. men on the Missis
sippi river bridge, and they demanding their
pay, he gave il to them. He noticed they
carried well filed valises, and supposed IL
was their clothes: but on going home he
found that during his absence they had
stolen everything of value in the house.
VIM. Gilbert. travelling salesman
for Chicago house was found murdered in
St Paul Mimi, about midnight on the 25th
When found upon the second story porch of
house of designation occupied by cOlored
people. he was unconscious and died within |
an hour. IL was found his neck was broken !
and his head and face had suffered from
blows. He was about % years old and IN
married. Several persons, male aud female |
are IL custody awaiting an investigation.
In Jefferson township, Green County, |
Iowa. john Fall and wife were murd cred |
and their house burned on the night OF the |
18th II is supposed the crime was com
mitted for the purpose of robbery. The |
body of Mrs. Fall was outside the house |
with her head crushed i'm and the body of |
Mr.. Fall, not entirely consumed showed a /
similar injury
At Cannon Falls, Mimi, citizens are |
removing as rapidly as possible all traces of |
the late fire. Fifty men are at work 1
clearing away debris, while number of |
new buildings for temporary use are going 1
up. All the safes have been opened and |
contents found in good shape. A carefully |
revised estimate of losses places them at 1
$4,000.
On the oath. when the freight train
from Hawardeu arrived at Salem, OAK a 4
dead pse1 was seen in one of the cars pinned /
aga saaN se end of it by the lumber with /
whiS tbrSas loaded. He had been stealing Il
a ride The lumber had been thrown against /
him. and he was dead before help arrived. /
He proved TO be Henry Z. Reese of Huron, /
who leaves a wife aud six children.
At Chippewa Falls, Wis. on the "a,
the new wooden mill was destroyed by fire. |
The inside of the mil and machinery were
ruined. Loss. $1,000, insurance, $4,000. 1
The loss falls heavily on Simon Cobban ard 4
James Mitchell. It has cot been decided
whether the mill viii be rebuilt. 7. Crys-
tai was badly hurt by the pole o. the hose
cart striking him IN the side
On the 18th, a freight brakeman,
Henry Maxwell, while attempting 10 board
an engine on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
a Northern railway at Palmer, Dakota was
run over and so severely injured that he
died in an hour. His brother is conductor
on the east end 81 the burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern. His remains were
sent 10 La Crosse, Wis.
At Hope. Oak. on the oath, John w.
Smith, aged twenty-three. recently of Min
neapolis. lost his life by the premature dis
charge of a hercules powder cartridge
which he was sinking to blast rock in an
artesian well at the Broadlawn farm. Both
legs were blown off and be was disem-
boweled- He lived forty-five minutes
Holong. the brutal murderer of Lilly
Field, at st. Olaf, Mimi, was captured at
Wendell. thirty miles distant. He admitted
the crime, and says that because the girl
would not give him her picture he struck
her stunning her and then dragged her out
70 the hog field where he cut her 70 pieces
The monster is in jail az Fergus Falls
A post-mortem exan . ation of the